Plan to give all the interior carpets a good clean at some point in the next few weeks, and wondered whether it would also be ok to clean the escaine parts of the seats? I'll be using a Vax carpet cleaner so it would be a proper wet clean.

There are some tips for cleaning Ecsaine on the manufacturer's website [url="http://www.ecsaine.com/english/about/care/index.html"]here [/url]

It talks about wiping the fabric with a cloth that is well wrung-out. Sounds like you don't want to get it very wet, so I don't think it sounds like using a Vax on it will be a good idea.

dont forget about the heating element in the seat which could get damaged if u get it proper wet. When I cleaned the interior down of my car I just used a damp cloth which had been dipped in a fairy liquid/water mix then rung out. it wasnt a strong mix but cleaned the interior well and then I had the heating on and heated seats on just to make sure everything dried out well.

Cheers for that stevie - good idea looking on the manufacturers website! Vax's never really get the surface wet, just damp really so I doubt there'd be a problem with the element for the heated seats.

Although after posting this I remembered that many years ago I had the car valeted after someone was sick in it (yes wasn't best pleased) and they wet cleaned the seats so I guess it can't really have too much of an effect on them.

Hi if your going to go down the fairy liquid route use baby shampoo instead as fairy liquid has salt in it which is corrosive 7 could stain. baby shampoo is good for cleaning leather aswell.

cool...thanks for that information mate.

I used to use Baby wipes to do mine. Get 4 or 5 at a time and scrunch them up into one 'ball'. Worked a treat.